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Ana Barbaric - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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improving visibility of public libraries in the Local Community a study of five public libraries in zagreb croatia
New Library World, 2007Co-Authors: Radovan Vrana, Ana BarbaricAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish whether or not promotional efforts can help public libraries to become more visible and their services more recognizable in the Local Community. At present, libraries employ different promotional efforts for their products and services, usually less aggressive than commercial information providers. Their final goal is to reclaim the role of the primary provider of quality information resources and accompanying services from electronic media.Design/methodology/approach – The first part of the paper offers an introduction followed by information about the actual promotional activities in public libraries. The third part of the paper was based on a user survey in five major public libraries in Zagreb, Croatia.Findings – The predominant way of acquiring information about public libraries and their activities is by word of mouth while other means of communication, such as TV, radio and the internet, are used less. The results suggest the need for better use o...
Marc Galland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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building a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists
PLOS Biology, 2018Co-Authors: Sarah L R Stevens, Mateusz Kuzak, Carlos Alberto Martinez, Aurelia Moser, Petra M Bleeker, Marc GallandAbstract:In this paper, we describe why and how to build a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists who use computers and programming in their research. A Community of practice is a small group of scientists who meet regularly to help each other and promote good practices in scientific programming. While most life scientists are well trained in the laboratory to conduct experiments, good practices with (big) data sets and their analysis are often missing. We propose a model on how to build such a Community of practice at a Local academic institution, present two real-life examples, and introduce challenges and implemented solutions. We believe that the current data deluge that life scientists face can benefit from the implementation of these small communities. Good practices spread among experimental scientists will foster open, transparent, and sound scientific results beneficial to society.
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building a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Sarah L R Stevens, Mateusz Kuzak, Carlos Alberto Martinez, Aurelia Moser, Petra M Bleeker, Marc GallandAbstract:For most experimental biologists, handling the avalanche of data generated is similar to self-learn how to drive. Although that might be doable, it is preferable and safer to learn good practices. One way to achieve this is to build Local communities of practice by bringing together scientists that perform code-intensive research to spread know-how and good practices. Here, we indicate important challenges and issues that stand in the way of establishing these Local communities of practice. For a given researcher working for an academic institution, their capacity to conduct data-intensive research will be arbitrarily relying on the presence of well-trained bioinformaticians in their neighborhood. In this paper, we propose a model to build a Local Community of practice for scientific programmers. First, Software/Data Carpentry (SWC) programming workshops designed for researchers new to computational biology can be organized. However, while they provide an immediate solution for learning, more regular long-term assistance is also needed. Researchers need persisting, Local support to continue learning and to solve programming issues that hamper their research progress. The solution we describe here is to implement a study group where researchers can meet-up and help each other in a "safe-learning atmosphere". Based on our experience, we describe two examples of building Local communities of practice: one in the Netherlands at the Amsterdam Science Park and one in the United States at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The current challenge is to make these Local communities self-sustainable despite the high turnover of researchers at any institution and the lack of academic reward (e.g. publication). Here, we present some lessons learned from our experience. We believe that our Local communities of practice will prove useful for other scientists that want to set up similar structures of researchers involved in scientific programming and data science.
Radovan Vrana - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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improving visibility of public libraries in the Local Community a study of five public libraries in zagreb croatia
New Library World, 2007Co-Authors: Radovan Vrana, Ana BarbaricAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish whether or not promotional efforts can help public libraries to become more visible and their services more recognizable in the Local Community. At present, libraries employ different promotional efforts for their products and services, usually less aggressive than commercial information providers. Their final goal is to reclaim the role of the primary provider of quality information resources and accompanying services from electronic media.Design/methodology/approach – The first part of the paper offers an introduction followed by information about the actual promotional activities in public libraries. The third part of the paper was based on a user survey in five major public libraries in Zagreb, Croatia.Findings – The predominant way of acquiring information about public libraries and their activities is by word of mouth while other means of communication, such as TV, radio and the internet, are used less. The results suggest the need for better use o...
Sarah L R Stevens - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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building a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists
PLOS Biology, 2018Co-Authors: Sarah L R Stevens, Mateusz Kuzak, Carlos Alberto Martinez, Aurelia Moser, Petra M Bleeker, Marc GallandAbstract:In this paper, we describe why and how to build a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists who use computers and programming in their research. A Community of practice is a small group of scientists who meet regularly to help each other and promote good practices in scientific programming. While most life scientists are well trained in the laboratory to conduct experiments, good practices with (big) data sets and their analysis are often missing. We propose a model on how to build such a Community of practice at a Local academic institution, present two real-life examples, and introduce challenges and implemented solutions. We believe that the current data deluge that life scientists face can benefit from the implementation of these small communities. Good practices spread among experimental scientists will foster open, transparent, and sound scientific results beneficial to society.
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building a Local Community of practice in scientific programming for life scientists
bioRxiv, 2018Co-Authors: Sarah L R Stevens, Mateusz Kuzak, Carlos Alberto Martinez, Aurelia Moser, Petra M Bleeker, Marc GallandAbstract:For most experimental biologists, handling the avalanche of data generated is similar to self-learn how to drive. Although that might be doable, it is preferable and safer to learn good practices. One way to achieve this is to build Local communities of practice by bringing together scientists that perform code-intensive research to spread know-how and good practices. Here, we indicate important challenges and issues that stand in the way of establishing these Local communities of practice. For a given researcher working for an academic institution, their capacity to conduct data-intensive research will be arbitrarily relying on the presence of well-trained bioinformaticians in their neighborhood. In this paper, we propose a model to build a Local Community of practice for scientific programmers. First, Software/Data Carpentry (SWC) programming workshops designed for researchers new to computational biology can be organized. However, while they provide an immediate solution for learning, more regular long-term assistance is also needed. Researchers need persisting, Local support to continue learning and to solve programming issues that hamper their research progress. The solution we describe here is to implement a study group where researchers can meet-up and help each other in a "safe-learning atmosphere". Based on our experience, we describe two examples of building Local communities of practice: one in the Netherlands at the Amsterdam Science Park and one in the United States at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The current challenge is to make these Local communities self-sustainable despite the high turnover of researchers at any institution and the lack of academic reward (e.g. publication). Here, we present some lessons learned from our experience. We believe that our Local communities of practice will prove useful for other scientists that want to set up similar structures of researchers involved in scientific programming and data science.
Hanaa A. Hamdi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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“Street Love”: How Street Life Oriented U. S. Born African Men Frame Giving Back to One Another and the Local Community
The Urban Review, 2009Co-Authors: Yasser Arafat Payne, Hanaa A. HamdiAbstract:This Participatory Action Research (PAR) project worked with four active street life oriented U. S. Born African men, to document how a Community sample of street life oriented U. S. Born African men between the ages of 16–65, frame and use “street life” as a Site of Resiliency (Payne, Dissertation, 2005 ; Journal of Black Psychology 34(1):3–31, 2008 ). Qualitative data was collected in the form of 20 individual and two group interviews. These data reveal an inter-generational, conceptualization and use, of the term “street love” in street life oriented U. S. born African men. Also, these data reveal that notions of “street love” extend out a critique of Community professionals (e.g., Community researchers/interventionists, social workers, etc.) as being unable and unwilling to produce “real help” in the Local Community. Examples of street love, revealed in the study, include the men offering advice/counsel, money or “free turkeys” during Thanksgiving to one another as well as other members of the Local Community. Results support Payne’s ( 2005 ) three-dimension conceptualization of “street love”: (1) individual, (2) group and (3) communal level expressions of “street love”.
